新教材高中英语课时作业12Unit4Everydayeconomics含解析外研版选择性必修第四册

1、课分作二).阅读理解The other ，my and sitting in a restaurant，trying to have a conversation，but her year old Willow and sevenyearold Luca， would not stop fighting.The arguments over a fork，or who had more water a glass never stopped.Then my sister reached into her ，produced two shiny iPads，and handed one to e

2、ach child.Suddenly，the two quiet.They sat playing games and watching videos，and we continued with conversation.After our meal，as my sister stuffed the iPads back into her ，she said， “I dont want to give them iPads at the ， if they keep them occupied for an hour so we can eat in peace，I often hand th

3、em over.Im its bad for them.I do worry that it makes them think its OK to use electronics at the dinner table in the ”Dr.Gary Smalldirector of the Longevity Center at the University of California， Los Angeles says that the brain is sensitive to stimuli(刺激物 iPads and smartphone screens，and people spe

4、nd too much time on one ， less time interacting(互动with people like parents at the dinner table，that could prevent the development of certain communication skills.“Conversations with each are learn to conversations with themselves，and learn how to be said Sherry ，a professor of science，technology soc

5、iety at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.She fears that children who do not learn real interactions ， which often have imperfections，will come to know world where screens give them a false sense of intimacy(亲)without risk.However，they need to be to gather themselves and know who they are.So som

6、eday they can form a with another person without a panic of being alone. you dont teach your children to be alone， theyll only know how to be lonely she said.【语篇解读】 本是一篇议论。用 iPad 让孩们安静下来似乎很有效，但是这样 做对吗？What did Willow and Luca fight about?AiPads.CDelicious food.BLittle things.DInteresting things.1细节理

7、解题。根据第一段中的The arguments over fork，or who morewater in a glass never stopped.可以看出Willow 和 Luca 为些小事争吵How the authors sister feel about offering children AShe was critical of it.BShe felt it was worth a try.CShe was uncertain about it.DShe felt surprised at its effect.推理判断题据第三段内容可知作者的姐姐会用 iPad 让孩子们安静下

8、来，但是她又担心这样做不好，因此说她对这种做法心存疑虑 According to Dr.Gary Small，what should parents do? AProvide their children with various technologies. BTeach their children communication skills. CTalk to their children at dinner table. DLimit their childrens screen time. 推判断题。根据倒数第二段的“if people spend too much time on on

9、etechnology.prevent the development of certain communication skills”知，长时 间使用电子设备有碍于孩子们一些沟通技能的发展家应该限制孩子使用这些设备的 时间。What is Turkle worried?AChildren are afraid of taking risks.BChildren try to escape from the world.CChildren cant live without electronic devices.DChildren cant deal with companionless si

10、tuations.推理判断题。根据最后一段中“She fears that children.will come to knowa world where perfect，shiny give them a false sense of intimacy without risk.”可知，Sherry Turkle 担心子们习惯了电子设备的陪伴，认为真正的人际交往也 是如此，随时随地有人陪伴，因此他们会受不了孤单More than ，500 glass containing brightly powders the walls of a museum at Harvard University

11、 in Cambridge，Massachusetts.The 颜)samples make up the Forbes Pigment Collection.Art experts rely on the collection for an important scientific purpose the colors act as standards to help them conserve and authenticate artists paintings.About a century ，Edward Forbes，an art historian art museum direc

12、tor2at Harvard，noticed that the paint on paintings in museums collection was deterioratingTo figure out how to save the paintings realized he would have to learn more about the materials used to make their paint.Today，people can paint in every color of the rainbow.But variety in paint colors and the

13、 ability to purchase those paints at store wasnt always possible.For centuries，artists collected and crushed(碾碎) everything from shells to rare stones to the pigments that colored their artworks.They metal oxides(氧化物From 1910 to 1944，Forbes travelled the globe collecting powdered pigments.The sample

14、s helped art conservators understand how paint behaves on a chemical level.Paint might react to changes ，temperature，or humidity on its pigments compositions.This can affect colors of a painting over time or even cause paint to come off the surface.Today，Narayan Khandekar，a senior conservation scien

15、tist at the Harvard Art Museums on Forbess work by newer，chemically made to the collection.The collection also plays an important role in helping to stop counterfeiters(伪造者 2007，experts compared from the collection with those from a to belong to abstract artist Pollock.Chemical analysis showed that

16、a red pigment in the painting was actually years after the artists death，proving that artwork was a fake.【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明。文章介绍了哈佛大学色素博物馆的来历及其作用。 Which of the following can replace the underlined “deteriorating”in Paragraph 2?ADropping off.CCleared away.BBreaking down.DGathered together.词义猜测题。根据画线词后的子“

17、To figure out how to save paintings”可推知，一些 14 世纪的绘画被坏了，故此处的 deteriorating 可用 breaking down 代 替。What can be inferred about Forbes?AHe was good at chemistry.BHe collected many pigments.CHe created pigments by himself.DHe repaired lot of old paintings.推理判断题第段中的“Forbes travelled the collecting 3pigments

18、”以及博物馆藏品的命“Forbes Pigment Collection”可推知 Forbes 从球各 地收集了许多颜料。What may be the best title for the text?AColorful CollectionBLooking for PigmentsCEvery Pigment Has Its Own StoryDEdward Forbes and His Collection 标题纳题。文章介绍了哈佛大学色素博物馆的来历及其作用。“Colorful collection”形象准确地概括了文的主要内容，故 项文章最佳标题.读后续写阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给

19、段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 I was 28 years old，the age when most young people have their eyes firmly fixedon the promise success but I was a failure.Six years earlier，fresh from college， I had joined a dramatic producing ，and had been going into small townsand rural communities producing country style mu

20、sical ，in the summer of 1940，the country was in a depression，radio had changed peoples ，and parttime shows werent all that big any more.So，jobless and nothing else in sight， I went back home.Later I got job as room director in my hometown.It paid $50 a month，for which I was grateful，but was a dull j

21、ob.I felt frustrated with my plan to be a dramatic star.Restless dissatisfied though I ，it was nice，in ，to be back home.I tried to teach some of my towns music and drama.And when got a chance try my luck as performer myself.Id dress up as country girl and tell little stories and jokes that Id picked

22、 during years living around country gave this girl a name Minnie Pearl.One October afternoon I was in the recreation ，waiting for the children when a banker friend，Jim Walker，came in and said going to have a meeting here.I understand youve been teaching some children dramatics and and singing.Would

23、you let the children entertain the bankers ？ ” I said ， yes.Suddenlyhe turned and added waythe speaker from Chicago is flying here.If hes you mind doing that Pearl ” I told Id do it.That night the children sang and danced to ime，popular songs when I was backstage.After we finished Jim came to me.“The speakers here4yet.Youll have to us.” “All right I told him give me minute to dress up.”注意：1.续写词数应为 150 右；按如下格式作答。Then I went out in front of the hundred or so men in the audience._ _Then I walked off the stage into the audience ， and a banker gree